Data Centre Management
On-demand data centre opens up access for SMEs: CommScope
CommScope's Asia Pacific head of Enterprise Solutions James Young talks to Digital News Asia (DNA) about the company's new data centre on-demand offering and the rising importance of management tools and software.
Nutanix rolls out new OS for virtualised data centres
Data centre infrastructure solutions provider Nutanix has launched its Nutanix Operating System (NOS) 4.0, the latest release of the intelligent software powering its Virtual Computing Platform.
Five data centre trends to watch
To address mega trend challenges in 2014 and beyond, there needs to be greater simplicity in the solution stack, the physical infrastructure, and the tools used to monitor and manage operations, writes Sumir Bhatia of Dell.
Caring for data centres and … beef stew?
Most data centres pay less attention to the outcome of changes than a chef does when adding ingredients or spices to a beef stew, writes Mark Thiele of Switch Communications.
Expect massive changes to data centre ecosystem: Emerson report
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson, has released its Data Center 2025: Exploring the Possibilities report, summarising four months of global research designed to identify the industry’s vision of the data centre in the year 2025.
Smart data management in the ‘third platform’ era
CommVault Systems’ Mark Bentkower highlights the three major recommendations for Asia Pacific organisations as they face a massive and disruptive shift to the ‘third platform’ – big data, cloud, mobility and social trends.
5 things your data centre manager is probably doing wrong
Schneider Electric’s Pankaj Sharma looks into the five common mistakes that data centre managers usually make, as well as the reasons why they should re-evaluate some of their methodologies.
Facebook to use CA technologies in its global data centres
CA Technologies said that Facebook Inc is using CA DCIM (CA Data Centre Infrastructure Management) software to bring together millions of energy-related data points from physical and IT resources in its global data centres.
Mobility’s impact on your data centre decisions
The impact of mobility is much more likely to be felt in data centre facility strategies rather than design; Mark Thiele tries to give a view of reality vs. hype.
Brocade delivers advanced SAN management solution
Brocade has announced the availability of new Fabric Vision technology capabilities which it claimed delivered the industry’s most advanced storage area network (SAN) management solution.
